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A cereal company puts a 10-cent coupon in every other box of cereal. It puts a pencil in every fifth package, and a coupon for a free hamburger in every eighth package. Out of the first 100 boxes, how many will have all three items – a coupon, a pencil and a free hamburger coupon?

A cereal company puts a 10-cent coupon in every other box of cereal. It puts a pencil in every fifth package, and a coupon for a free hamburger in every eighth package. Out of the first 100 boxes, how many will have all three items – a coupon, a pencil and a free hamburger coupon?

Since Sam must have half as many nickels as Sue has dimes, Sue must have an even number of dimes (or else Sam would have 1/2 of a nickel). So, Sue either has:

0 dimes and 7 nickels

or

2 dimes and 5 nickels

(Since 4 dimes is 40 cents, which is too much.)

It's possible that the assumption is Sue has both nickels and dimes, but the problem doesn't state that explicitly - it says Sam and Sue have only nickels and dimes. Depending on how you read that, you could get only one answer (2,5) or both answers.